List of England Test cricketers

This is a list of England Test cricketers. A Test match is an international two-innings per team cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. The cap numbers correspond to a player's position in the chronological list of English Test cricketers. Players have this number displayed on their kit.

Statistics are correct as of 12 September 2026 after the third Test of the series against Pakistan.

Key General – Captain – Wicket-keeper First – Year of Test debut for England Last – Year of latest Test for England Mat – Number of Test appearances for EnglandBatting Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not outBowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicketFielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected Players in Bold are still active in Test cricket and have played for England in the format in the last year.

Early years: 1877–1889

The early years of Test cricket saw a number of tours to Australia. Most of these tours were professional in nature, and as the sea voyage was around 42 days, the tours lasted many months, and the teams were selected as much on availability as on cricketing aptitude. As a result of this, coupled with there only being a small number of Tests being played, there are many early cricketers with Test records of only a few matches.

The key players who had their Test debut during this period include the great professional all-rounders George Ulyett (11), who played 25 Tests, and Billy Barnes (21), who played 21. England's Champion cricketer WG Grace (24) first played Test cricket in 1880. Although Test match cricket had not been invented in his heyday of the late 1860s and 1870s, he continued playing into his fifties, finally retiring from Test cricket at the turn of the century. Shrewsbury (35) and Stoddart (56) go down amongst the great captains of the period, as well as two of the many cricketing suicides. Johnny Briggs (47), who, bedevilled by mental illness, died young, notched up the most Test caps of the earliest era of Test match cricket.

+England Test cricketers who made their debut between 1877 and 1889 Cap Name First Last MatRunsHSAvgBallsWktBBIAveCaSt Ref(s) Batting Bowling Fielding 1 1877 1877 2 – 0 0 2 1877 1877 2 – 0 0 3 1877 1882 7 9 0 4 1877 1877 2 – 2 0 5 1877 1877 2 1 0 6 1877 1877 2 – 2 0 7   1877 1877 2 1 0 8   1877 1882 6 – 1 0 9   1877 1882 7 4 0 10 1877 1877 2 2 0 11 1877 1890 25 19 0 12 1879 1879 1 – 0 0 13   1879 1884 4 – 2 0 14   1879 1879 1 – 2 0 15   1879 1884 3 0 0 16 1879 1884 5 – 1 0 17 1879 1879 1 – 0 0 18 1879 1879 1 – 2 0 19 1879 1879 1 0 0 20 1879 1879 1 – 2 0 21 1880 1890 21 19 0 22 1880 1880 1 – 1 0 23 1880 1880 1 – 2 0 24   1880 1899 22 39 0 25   1880 1884 4 2 0 26 1880 1883 4 4 0 27 1880 1880 1 – 0 0 28   1880 1888 13 5 0 29 1881 1887 17 14 0 30 1881 1887 15 9 0 31 1881 1882 4 5 0 32 1881 1886 9 2 0 33   1881 1888 8 – 10 4 34 1881 1887 15 – 4 0 35   1881 1893 23 – 29 0 36 1882 1893 17 – 8 0 37 1882 1883 5 5 0 38   1882 1883 4 – 7 0 39 1882 1883 4 1 0 40   1882 1893 18 – 16 0 41 1882 1883 4 – 8 0 42   1882 1886 6 – 5 5 43 1882 1883 1 – 0 0 44   1884 1896 5 – 4 0 45 1884 1884 1 0 0 46 1884 1892 10 9 0 47 1884 1899 33 12 0 48 1884 1893 8 2 0 49   1884 1885 5 – 8 3 50 1884 1896 20 17 0 51 1886 1896 18 28 0 52 1887 1899 11 – 5 0 53   1887 1888 3 – 5 2 54 1887 1887 1 – 0 0 55 1888 1888 1 – 0 0 56   1888 1898 16 6 0 57 1888 1902 13 – 13 0 58 1888 1888 1 – 0 0 59 1888 1888 2 – 0 0 60   1888 1892 4 – 2 1 61   1889 1889 2 – 1 0 62 1889 1889 2 – 0 0 63 1889 1889 2 0 0 64 1889 1889 2 – 0 0 65 1889 1889 2 – 1 0 66 1889 1889 1 0 0 67 1889 1889 1 – 0 0

Golden Age: 1890–1914

The period between 1890 and immediately before the First World War is known as the Golden Age of cricket. It saw great amateur players such as CB Fry (95), the Indian Prince Ranjitsinhji (105) and captains Stanley Jackson (82), Archie MacLaren (92) and Plum Warner (118) as the leading lights in an era eulogised by Neville Cardus and others. In reality, it was not quite the great age of the amateur related in Cardus's writings. Sydney Barnes (129) became the best paid cricketer by spurning county cricket to play in the Lancashire leagues.

However, the sheer volume of greats, that include Jack Hobbs (157), Tom Hayward (97), Gilbert Jessop (122) and Wilfred Rhodes (121), means that the age retains a fond place in the memory of England's cricket fans. It was also an era in which Bernard Bosanquet (137) invented the googly and Tip Foster (138) became the only man to captain England at both cricket and football, and Rhodes, at 30 years, 10 months and 11 days, had the longest spanning Test career of all.

+England Test cricketers who made their debut between 1890 and 1914 Cap Name First Last MatRunsHSAvgBallsWktBBIAveCaSt Ref(s) Batting Bowling Fielding 68   1890 1893 8 – 14 3 69 1890 1890 1 – 1 0 70 1890 1892 2 2 0 71 1890 1892 3 2 0 72 1892 1892 3 – 4 0 73 1892 1892 1 – 0 0 74 1892 1892 1 – 0 0 75 1892 1892 1 0 0 76 1892 1892 1 – 1 0 77 1892 1892 1 – 0 0 78 1892 1899 12 4 0 79   1892 1892 1 – 0 1 80 1892 1892 1 2 0 81   1892 1895 5 – 8 3 82   1893 1905 20 10 0 83 1893 1902 12 4 0 84 1893 1893 3 1 0 85 1893 1898 5 – 2 0 86 1893 1895 7 – 1 0 87 1893 1899 7 6 0 88 1893 1898 14 5 0 89 1894 1899 8 – 7 0 90 1894 1895 5 5 0 91   1894 1894 1 – 3 1 92   1894 1909 35 – 29 0 93 1896 1899 4 1 0 94   1896 1896 3 – 1 1 95   1896 1912 26 – 17 0 96   1896 1899 5 – 3 0 97 1896 1909 35 19 0 98 1896 1896 3 1 0 99 1896 1896 1 – 0 0 100 1896 1896 3 4 0 101 1896 1896 3 – 0 0 102 1896 1896 2 3 0 103 1896 1896 1 0 0 104   1896 1909 35 70 22 105 1896 1902 15 13 0 106 1896 1906 3 – 0 0 107 1897 1898 5 – 5 0 108 1897 1909 24 18 0 109 1897 1898 5 3 0 110   1897 1899 6 11 0 111   1899 1906 6 – 8 3 112 1899 1899 2 2 0 113 1899 1912 11 8 0 114 1899 1899 2 – 1 0 115 1899 1899 2 – 2 0 116 1899 1899 2 0 0 117 1899 1909 31 – 16 0 118   1899 1912 15 – 3 0 119 1899 1899 2 – 0 0 120 1899 1899 1 – 0 0 121 1899 1930 58 60 0 122 1899 1912 18 11 0 123 1899 1899 1 1 0 124 1899 1899 2 0 0 125 1899 1902 7 – 4 0 126 1899 1899 2 1 0 127 1899 1899 2 0 0 128   1899 1909 12 15 0 129 1901 1914 27 12 0 130 1901 1910 19 6 0 131 1901 1908 23 39 0 132 1901 1905 6 3 0 133 1902 1902 2 – 1 0 134 1902 1902 2 – 2 0 135 1902 1902 1 2 0 136 1903 1907 10 8 0 137 1903 1905 7 9 0 138   1903 1907 8 – 13 0 139 1903 1914 13 14 0 140 1904 1908 6 4 0 141 1904 1904 3 – 1 0 142 1905 1910 11 – 8 0 143 1905 1905 1 1 0 144 1905 1912 4 0 0 145 1905 1912 10 – 4 0 146 1906 1908 12 13 0 147   1906 1910 14 – 6 0 148 1906 1912 5 2 0 149 1906 1906 5 2 0 150   1906 1906 4 – 4 0 151 1906 1906 2 2 0 152 1907 1907 2 0 0 153 1907 1930 15 – 15 0 154 1907 1908 5 – 1 0 155 1907 1909 7 9 0 156   1907 1908 2 – 6 0 157 1908 1930 61 17 0 158   1908 1908 3 – 7 0 159 1909 1910 6 5 0 160 1909 1909 1 0 0 161 1909 1909 3 1 0 162 1909 1909 1 0 0 163 1909 1934 64 64 0 164 1910 1914 10 5 0 165 1910 1910 5 2 0 166   1910 1910 3 – 1 0 167 1910 1910 5 1 0 168   1910 1926 28 – 61 12 169   1910 1910 1 – 0 1 170   1911 1925 23 9 0 171 1911 1912 11 11 0 172 1911 1926 24 13 0 173 1911 1911 1 – 0 0 174 1911 1928 17 – 4 0 175 1912 1921 7 4 0 176   1912 1913 11 – 17 3 177 1912 1912 2 – 0 0 178 1912 1912 3 2 0 179 1913 1914 2 0 0 180   1913 1921 9 – 6 0

Inter-war years: 1919–1939 +England Test cricketers who made their debut between 1919 and 1939 Cap Name First Last MatRunsHSAvgBallsWktBBIAveCaSt Ref(s) Batting Bowling Fielding 181 1920 1935 51 33 0 182 1920 1924 10 3 0 183 1920 1923 10 – 8 0 184 1920 1921 2 1 0 185 1920 1924 5 0 0 186 1920 1921 4 – 0 0 187 1921 1929 13 14 0 188   1921 1921 1 – 1 0 189 1921 1921 1 0 0 190 1921 1932 7 – 3 0 191 1921 1928 8 5 0 192 1921 1921 2 – 1 0 193 1921 1921 1 0 0 194 1921 1929 14 – 2 0 195 1921 1921 1 – 0 0 196 1921 1921 1 0 0 197 1921 1921 1 – 0 0 198 1921 1930 5 4 0 199   1921 1923 7 – 9 3 200 1921 1921 1 – 1 0 201 1921 1921 1 – 0 0 202   1921 1931 15 6 0 203 1921 1928 2 – 0 0 204 1921 1921 1 0 0 205 1921 1930 14 – 4 0 206   1922 1929 11 – 3 0 207   1922 1925 11 3 0 208 1922 1923 5 5 0 209 1922 1923 5 – 4 0 210   1922 1930 10 9 0 211 1923 1933 8 5 0 212   1923 1923 1 – 0 1 213   1924 1931 26 – 32 0 214 1924 1926 9 6 0 215 1924 1935 54 – 23 0 216 1924 1935 39 11 0 217   1924 1924 3 – 5 1 218 1924 1930 7 1 0 219   1924 1936 24 – 45 15 220 1924 1934 14 13 0 221 1924 1924 1 – 0 0 222 1924 1929 12 4 0 223 1925 1930 4 – 7 0 224 1926 1926 3 1 0 225 1926 1933 21 15 0 226 1927 1930 9 7 0 227   1927 1947 85 110 0 228 1927 1930 5 – 1 0 229 1927 1931 13 5 0 230   1927 1928 4 – 7 2 231   1927 1937 40 16 0 232 1928 1928 3 0 0 233 1928 1930 5 – 0 0 234   1928 1934 4 – 8 3 235   1928 1934 22 – 26 0 236   1928 1928 1 – 1 0 237 1928 1938 41 13 0 238 1929 1931 12 – 10 0 239 1929 1929 2 – 2 0 240 1929 1930 4 2 0 241   1929 1937 19 12 0 242 1929 1930 5 – 2 0 243 1929 1930 5 2 0 244   1929 1939 47 – 74 23 245 1929 1934 8 0 0 246 1930 1931 5 0 0 247   1930 1930 4 – 5 3 248 1930 1930 4 – 0 0 249 1930 1939 14 11 0 250 1930 1936 9 – 1 0 251 1930 1937 9 8 0 252   1930 1930 4 3 0 253 1930 1947 27 15 0 254 1930 1934 4 2 0 255   1930 1948 25 20 0 256 1930 1939 8 3 0 257   1931 1935 4 – 5 2 258 1931 1931 1 – 0 0 259 1931 1931 1 – 0 0 260 1931 1935 6 – 3 0 261   1931 1953 22 22 0 262 1931 1939 40 30 0 263 1931 1939 20 – 7 0 264 1932 1946 15 2 0 265 1932 1934 3 – 0 0 266 1933 1935 5 1 0 267 1933 1934 11 – 6 0 268 1933 1946 8 6 0 269 1933 1948 20 – 14 0 270 1933 1933 1 1 0 271 1933 1936 6 – 9 0 272 1933 1939 7 – 2 0 273   1934 1934 1 – 3 0 274 1934 1939 15 1 0 275 1934 1934 2 – 0 0 276 1934 1939 2 – 0 0 277 1935 1950 13 2 0 278 1935 1935 5 4 0 279 1935 1935 5 – 0 0 280 1935 1935 4 5 0 281 1935 1937 5 1 0 282 1935 1935 3 – 1 0 283 1935 1935 1 – 0 0 284 1935 1935 2 1 0 285 1935 1948 23 – 9 0 286 1935 1937 4 6 0 287 1935 1935 2 – 1 0 288 1935 1935 1 – 1 0 289 1935 1935 1 0 0 290 1936 1939 3 – 1 0 291 1936 1939 5 – 5 0 292 1936 1947 4 – 1 0 293 1936 1946 4 1 0 294   1937 1955 79 57 0 295 1937 1937 1 0 0 296 1937 1938 2 2 0 297 1937 1957 78 49 0 298 1937 1937 1 1 0 299 1937 1956 37 12 0 300 1938 1955 39 39 0 301 1938 1938 1 0 0 302 1938 1951 34 10 0 303   1938 1938 1 – 2 0 304   1938 1939 4 – 10 1 305   1938 1946 8 – 3 1 306 1938 1939 3 0 0 307   1938 1950 20 14 0 308 1939 1939 2 1 0 309 1939 1947 3 1 0 310 1939 1939 1 – 0 0

Post-war years: 1946–1959